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Well….almost worst nightmare…. Flight canceled. 
 

so….we loaded up and are driving. Where the heck do we park?! 
 

already have Happy Limo and hotel canceled/….not sure we can make our check in window. Be driving for the next 13 hours 😫

On 3/15/2023 at 3:59 PM, VirginiaIsForCruisers said:

I've used Happy Limo and have been happy with their prices and service.  They have transit vans that can carry 10 people + luggage.

Thank you so much for this rec!!! All the other places were totally booked but they were not! Cost more but we now have our own private transportation to and from hotel/port!

Well I waited too long. I wasn't sure what time I needed transport so I waited until we checked in this morning. Cruise Control is booked now. So now I'm looking at Cortrans or Happy Limo. That other limo place was crazy expensive. Hopefully someone has something or we will end up on the Carnvial bus that is over priced.

3 hours ago, Ashland said:

With our extended family of 4 adults and 2 kids we opted to stay at Home2Suites and used Cruise Control booking them as private transportation round trip and they were just amazing.

 

(888) 416-8830  Call Corey owner/operator

Looks like that is only $40 more than Cortrans....might be worth it for the private vs shared bus.

has anyone actually used Cortrans? It looks like they will pick up and drop off at our hotel...which is appealing with 4 kids in tow. I'd rather not have to shuttle back to MCO just to shuttle to the ship.

I did price a Limo...because that sounds super fun but it's more expensive and we would rather spend money on the ship/in port so trying to go cheaper. Cruise control is the cheapest but it requires the shuttle back to MCO because they do not pick up at our hotel.

7 hours ago, cruisinelmo said:

For what it is worth last year we flew into Jacksonville rented an Alamo large SUV for one day and stayed the night at the Hyatt Place in Coco Beach. The next day (day of cruise) drove the last 15 or so miles to drop off rental at Port Canaveral. Alamo has free shuttle to the cruise port. Our return flight home was from MCO so we reserved Cortana for the transportation to the airport. This was a cost affective way for us since flights to Jacksonville cost less, hotels outside of the Orlando/Port Canaveral cost less and the rental car gave us flexibility to find places to eat sightsee and buy our two bottles of wine for cruise. 

Thank you!!! We are staying before and after at the SpringHill suites by MCO. The last thing I need to do is find transportation to the Port Canaveral and back.

Renting a Van/SUV makes me nervous. We've shown up for rental cars before and they've not had the size we reserved. We are 6 adult sized people....plus luggage...so something like a Traverse/Explorer won't be big enough because their cargo space sucks.

I haven't priced anything because I had no idea where to even look beyond the Carnival transportation....which seems expensive. Thanks! Now I have places to look!

We are cruising with our 4 kids (19,17,14&12) on Carnival Magic 4/2/23. We are flying into MCO the night before and out the day after we arrive back in port.

We are needing to find the best way to get from MCO to PC with 6 people and luggage....plus a hotel or air bnb(they are cheaper for a party of 6 sometimes)  for 4/1 and 4/8.

This is only my 2nd cruise ever and obviously the first time we've taken our kids and I'm feeling overwhelmed and tad lost as to what is the best way to do this. I know we can stay around MCO and use Carnival's transportation but at over $70pp I'm wondering if there is a cheaper option. I'm not scare of Uber at all...but I know we'll have to take 2 or 3 and I worry about vehicles big enough to hold luggage.

So hit me with all your great been there done that advice please!

We will be on Carnival Magic in April '23. We are a party of 6.  I am looking at the Poolside Cabanas and it says minimum age is 14. Anyone know if they actually check ages? My youngest will be 12 at the time but he is actually taller than I am LOL

We are not sure what else to do at this port as our oldest (19 at the time) is heat intolerant so we need to be able to have access to air conditioning for her just in case.

Thanks!

We didn't have any problems w/ sand fleas. We walked down the road and back up the beach. The only critter we saw was a 3 ft. long snake sunning himself on the paved road.

:eek::eek: I'm pretty sure I'd rather have sand fleas than run into a 3ft long snake!!!!!! I'd have screamed and ran or fainted. LOL

Carnival Conquest 8404 was a great room. Really close to the elevators and was pretty quiet. :)